Good Day from NC!
This is Karen Rowe joining you again on this day that God has called Today! I pray that you have a good day Today; and if not, then the grace from God to get through it well with Jesus as your friend. I hope that you are blessed by this writing called …
Faith and Hope
Turn your ear and eyes toward God! Look at nature and see God’s wonder! Awesome, this Creation that God did create and make from His own divine Wisdom and Inspiration! I marvel that God not only Created all of this we see, but that He gave us senses to appreciate His awesome Power and Glory! If you have no eyes to see, He gave you ears to hear and if you have no ears to hear, He gave you the sense of touch to experience; and if you have no nerves to comprehend then God gave you a spirit to receive your understanding of whom God is and the power that He has shown us of His nature through His mighty and wonderful Creation! If we are blessed to have sight, hearing and form of mobility, then we must use them in appreciation and praise to God for which we have been made!
Fitting for Today’s Cup is from my FB status this morning, because this is the inspiration of DDC for Today!
“Wow, so looks like I get to watch the meteor shower! LOL Got up at three to write and just about to sneak back to bed and Buster shows up as my door! Then my daughter shows up … guess I will catch a nap later today…I can’t see the stars with my eyes closed! LOL
We did in fact see some meteors! …and the moon and stars and planets! The night sounds early in the morning are precious! We talked about faith and hope as we seemed to have the only clear opening in the cloud filled sky! Then, as the clouds began to close in; we prayed silently … each to ourselves just believing that God is in control of all things [Faith and Hope]. Our heart desired to see what God’s Creation was up to and over time the sky began to clear…
This inspired our discussion about faith and hope, because, it is just like this with our time spent with God …
Without faith, our blessings are just waiting to be seen and experienced!
*We won’t hear … if we don’t sit still long enough to listen.
*We won’t see if we don’t apply our faith to get up & wait long enough expecting.
*We won’t hope to hear or see; if we don’t believe that what we hope for is possible …
We could wish, but unless we know our hope is possible, we would never show up in faith to experience what we hope for!
On the flip side ~ on my heart [just now] is to say:
Satan can’t give us anything that God has not promised us!
Sometimes we have hope, but give up waiting on God too early and jump on the wrong train heading nowhere good. Don’t be desperate for what you hope for; be desperate only to know God’s will.
Trust God for all good and righteous things; and step in peace with each step of faith that you take that not only, [agrees with God’s written word], but, also rests well … deep in your spirit [with the peace that only Jesus Christ brings to us].
Faith reaches for the Hope that we Believe is Possible! Faith shows up to see what God has in store! I am thankful that my kids inspired and encouraged me to stay up, so that I experienced the meteor shower with them; instead of just hearing their report of how amazing it was!
We can experience God living in our life!
If we want to hear from God [we
all need to hear from God, but what
matters is if we want to hear God’s opinion], then we need to be willing to get up, slow down and open God’s Word … and read to hear God’s message to us that is written for us to know. We have the opportunities; regardless if we are tired or busy, but what makes the difference [in our pursuance of God’s opinion] is how much we are willing to change simply to please God [in our desire to know God’s thoughts about our own
thoughts].
We have to be willing to seek God’s direction in order to walk in our blessings that are already set before us by following God’s Righteousness (Jesus) … [knowing that God’s opinion may differ from our mind that
is set, but submitted to the Truth that God is always Right!].
Sometimes, God’s timing requires more patience and perseverance than other times, so seeking God’s direction means remaining [committed to be still] until we are certain of God’s direction … like waiting on that next grand meteor sighting; simply knowing that God is faithful!
Don’t pray with your intelligence, based on all you know this far in your life; pray expecting more, because God already knows best in the long run!
Vital to our blessed life is that we remain committed to following Jesus according to “staying in step with the Holy Spirit” with God from our heart that moves through our footsteps firmly planted in God’s Word!
What is the hardest thing that you are going through right now?
Remember that in the midst of your trouble God is your source of help.
Look up and see this awesome beauty in this sky that God did make! We did in fact see some meteors on this morning … ever notice that the moon and stars and planets are still and easy to spot (like our happy ‘easy’ days), but to see a meteor, we have to be looking with expecting eyes. Yet, like waiting on the clouds to move, this is an example of something we know is possible … and because we look up, we can visually see the speed of the clouds and quick changes in the appearance and broadcast of the sky!
Faith is the action we take forward from our faith knowledge of knowing that all things are possible [because of our
ultimate and firm trust in whom God IS & whom God came to be for us] regardless of what we see, and unconditional of a professional forecast … whether we are talking about weather, medical, financial, service …or whatever …
“Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see (Hebrews 11:1).”
What is the hardest thing that you going through right now that you can plug your faith and hope into Jesus like this?
We know that both light & cloud cover can affect our vision of what we can or cannot see, but regardless of our vision, our hope is like the lights in the sky! Hope is there remaining quite the same (seek God’s Wisdom). Come to think of it ~ so is the sun! The position is there, but the seasonal and hourly warmth is affected by our closeness in our proximity to the position that is constant, regardless of the variables that are changing …
Think of the things in your life that are changing or changeable that affects your position with God … It boils down to a relationship with Jesus Christ and this relationship is only altered from those things we choose to place between us and our relationship with Jesus Christ; as Jesus is first our savior to be received and then also our Lord to be Accepted.
We have our knowledge of life application for our relationship with God through His Son and with agreement of the Spirit, but we have to believe, hope and apply our faith to receive all that God offers us.
So obviously, we are discussing LIFE … eternal life, life to the full and this includes experiencing blessings with praise to God!
Life, as with meteors, requires patience! And the only guarantee of seeing a meteor is hope! If we have hope that seeing a meteor is possible and we have a desire to see a meteor, then because we believe it is possible, we will apply our faith to see! Jesus said, to the complaining man who lay for all those years hoping for his healing, Get up! Walk! And the man did, because He put his faith in Jesus!
Before Jesus commanded him to use his faith, this man choose to seek excuses to remain the same…that man justified his lack of healing because of being downcast to depression convinced he had lost his race to the pool of troubled “healing” waters! But Jesus said, “Get up and walk” and he did!
Faith and Hope … You have the gift of Faith! Have you Received Jesus for your gift of Hope? If you believe in Hope then apply your faith and believe in God’s promises … more than you have a desire to see a rare meteor shower! How much do you desire to know God? Our desire is reflected in how much we pursue Him and how quickly we give up thinking with a mindset like that man convinced he was destined to lay on a mat! Get up and walk says Jesus!
Jesus was sleeping on the waves of that crazy storm, when everyone else was just feeling the fear … Jesus was existing in his resting faith of that God was in control … study that Bible history and apply your faith to be more like Jesus over your troubles!
Today’s Cup was inspired from this early morning experience in my home! I wanted to sleep and felt the tiredness, but the inspiration of hope and wonder caused my faith to move and what I found was more than I was looking for! Awesome God and Amazing Power ~ God goes farther than our imaginations can soar!
Our life’s trials are like cloud covered skies. Sometimes we even forget that there are stars (hope) up there … but God sends us friends to remind us like Jesus did on that water – Just have faith and stay encouraged!
Because of hope in what we believe is possible, we can just show up to see what God has in store! I am grateful that my kids inspired me to stay up! I hope this Cup Today inspires you to reach up to God!
Faith: from The Train Whistle, Sounding the Call of God’s Love:
Faith is a gift that takes time to appreciate. Faith has no limits except those set by man. Faith is the action of walking with God according to his good will with eyes focused on his ability rather than on the impossible obstacle that may appear to lie ahead.
Faith exists as small as just trying to believe and grows in the word of God as we absorb it in our heart. Faith is a gift that I used before I knew faith is a gift that takes obedience to understand. Can we know the power of God without knowing the substance of faith?
Faith is the link between our hands; by faith, I can hold the hand of God.
Revelation knowledge: Don’t worry about yesterday, Shed guilt & simply repent and learn from your mistakes; don’t fret about tomorrow, God’s got that covered! Today is a good day to enjoy a brand New day that God has called Today!
Be blessed in all you do in your comings and your goings … smiles!
Love in Christ,
Karen Rowe …
Blessed Because of Jesus
Walking Blessed Because Of Obedience
My Life motto: I don’t have it all figured out, But God does … Follow Jesus!
My Life Revelation: Faith works Best when we remember God knows MORE!
My Life verses: “Roll your works upon the Lord [commit and trust them wholly to Him; He
will cause your thoughts to become agreeable to His will, and] so shall your plans be established and succeed …A man’s mind plans his way, but the Lord directs his steps and makes them sure.” Proverbs 16:3 & 16:9Amplified Bible (AMP)
My Websites:
www.hopeintoday.com
www.thetrainwhistle.com
Link to The Train Whistle, Sounding the Call of God’s Love
Book Trailer:
Dr.Joe’s Medical Bag
ANGER
Emotions are not only distracting, but they can interfere with reason and cause you to make decisions or take actions that end up being hazardous to your health.
Here are three of the primary behaviors that can directly result from uncontrolled anger.
On-the-Job Injuries
You’ll likely spend most of your adult life working. So if you’re injured, it’s most likely to occur on the job — and that’s true no matter what you do for a living. So, what does that have to do with anger? A lot…
– Up to a third of people who were injured on the job admit that they were experiencing some level of anger prior to the injury.
– The angrier they were at the time; the more likely they were to be injured.
– If they were extremely irritated, they were five times more likely to be injured than if they weren’t irritated at all.
– If they were extremely angry, they were seven times more likely to be injured than if they weren’t angry.
– If they were in a rage, they were 12 times more likely to be injured than if you weren’t in a rage.
– Anger is more likely to lead to injury in men.
– Anger increases the odds of your injuring another employee and inflicting injury on yourself.
– Anger and alcohol use prior to injury are highly linked, and both independently increase a person’s odds of being injured on the job.
Unsafe Sex
Most people are well aware of the hazards associated with unprotected sex, having sex with multiple partners, or having sex while under the influence of drugs. You know that all these behaviors raise your odds of becoming HIV-infected and possibly dying of AIDS (not to mention contracting other sexually transmitted diseases [STDs]).
High-risk sex, it turns out, is often accompanied by anger. When women, for example, are presented with an opportunity for unsafe sex — and they are not angry at the time — they typically abstain or take reasonable precautions such as using a condom. They weigh the consequences and act accordingly. But if they are mad — for example, at a parent who has forbidden them to continue a relationship with their boyfriend — all that reason flies out the window. It’s the old “I’ll show you I can do anything I want with whomever I want — so there!” mentality.
Road Rage
Anger is hazardous to driving and if you’re a self-professed high-anger driver, do yourself a favor and get some help.
The AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety estimates — conservatively — that, between 1990 and 1996, road rage caused 218 traffic fatalities and over 12,000 injuries. Even more alarming is their estimate that this problem is increasing yearly by somewhere between 5 and 10 percent. Bottom line: You may literally be putting your life in someone else’s hands every time you get behind the wheel.
Road rage isn’t about the road — it’s about rage. High-anger drivers typically demonstrate the following characteristics:
-They’re highly judgmental of other people’s driving.
-They have contempt for how others drive.
-They have more vengeful thoughts about other drivers.
-They take more risks while driving — speeding, switching lanes, tailgating, running yellow lights.
-They experience anger on a daily basis, aka “chronic anger”.
-They’re more likely to get in the car already angry.
-They tend to express their anger outwardly — yelling, honking, finger pointing, tailgating.
-They have less control of their emotions in general.
-They tend to react impulsively when frustrated.
Most of the things in life we call accidents really aren’t accidents. And some people are really just accidents waiting to happen. Be honest about yourself about your own road rage — you could not only be saving your life, but also the lives of everyone else on the road with you.
Before you can manage your own anger, you need to be aware of what anger is and isn’t. Unfortunately, myths about anger seem to abound.
Here are some falsehoods and the facts:
– Males are angrier than females. If by angrier you mean how often people experience anger, it’s simply not true that men are angrier than women. Surveys show that women get mad just as frequently as men — about once or twice a week on average. On the other hand, men tend to report more intense anger, while women tend to hang on to anger longer.
– Anger is bad. Anger serves a variety of positive purposes when it comes to coping with stress. It energizes you, improves your communication with other people, and defends you against fear and insecurity. Jesus, Gandhi, and Martin Luther King, Jr., had their angry moments — but they turned that kind of “good” anger into social reform that makes the world a better place.
– Anger is good. When it leads to domestic violence, property damage, sexual abuse, drug addiction, ulcers, and self-mutilation, anger is absolutely, definitely not good.
– Anger is only a problem when you openly express it. As few as 10% of people act out their feelings when they get angry. The other 90% either suppress their anger (“I don’t want to talk about it!”) or repress their anger (“I’m not angry at all — really!”). People who express their anger are the squeaky wheels who get everyone’s attention; people who repress or suppress their anger need anger management just as much.
– The older you get, the more irritable you are. It’s the other way around — as people age; they report fewer negative emotions and greater emotional control. People — like wine and cheese — do tend to improve with age.
– Anger is all in the mind. It begins in the mind. Emotions reflect onto our physical aspect. When you get mad, that emotion is instantly manifested in muscles throughout your entire body, the hairs on the back of your neck, your blood pressure, your blood sugar levels, your heart rate, your respiration rate, your gut, even your finger temperature (it warms up) — quickly before you’re aware of what’s happening.
– Anger is all about getting even. The most common motive behind anger has been shown to be a desire to assert authority or independence, or to improve one’s image — not necessarily to cause harm. Revenge is a secondary motive. A third motive involves letting off steam over accumulated frustrations — again with no apparent intent to harm anyone else.
– Only certain types of people have a problem with anger. All types of people — truck drivers, college professors, pastors, priests, physicians, housewives, grandmothers, lawyers, policemen, career criminals, poor people, millionaires, children, the elderly, people of various colors, nationalities, and religions — experience anger. Anger is a universal emotion!
– Anger results from human conflict. Sometimes yes, sometimes no. Research on anger has found that people can get angry by being exposed to foul odors, aches and pains, and hot temperatures — none of which involve (or can be blamed on) the actions of others.
When you express your anger to others, your intent is to intimidate them into doing what you want or feeling the way you want them to feel. Repressed anger is also a form of control. By not speaking up, you hope to have control over how the other person feels about you. You don’t want to run the risk of rejection so you keep quiet. The problem is that you are trying to have control over something that you cannot control. While you might be able to intimidate others into doing what you want, you cannot have control over how others feel about you.
The effects of anger on the body
Anger can raise your heart rate to 180 beats a minute. It can raise your blood pressure from 120/80 to 220/130, even higher.
Your breathing becomes rapid as you try to get more oxygen into your body. Anger can compromise lung function.
Your body tenses and your muscles become tight especially in the neck and shoulders. Tight neck and head muscles can cause tension headaches, migraines or lead to insomnia.
When you become stressed, your mind is in survival mode and your body releases chemicals to clot the blood, creating a potentially dangerous situation: a clot can travel through the blood vessels the brain or heart, resulting in a stroke or heart attack.
Anger also impedes circulation. Lack of oxygen can cause severe chest pains. Uncontrollable anger can trigger the bursting of a brain artery resulting in a stroke.
Your metabolism is at risk. Anger is blocked energy that can slow down your body`s metabolism. Stress and anger can trigger eating binges, weight gain, and addictive tendencies.
Anger stimulates the release of acids in the stomach causing acid reflux and gastric ulcers.
The normal coordinates of signals for the brain to the heart are disrupted by anger and emotional distress. This disruption triggers abnormal heart rhythms which account for well over 400,000 sudden deaths a year.
Research reveals that stress can cause neurons to shrink and disconnect. Anger and stress promotes the death of neurons, which can explain why stress is the leading cause of depression.
Anger in the Bible
The Holy Bible has a lot to say about anger. In fact, the word “anger” occurs 233 times in 228 verses in the NKJV. “Angry” also occurs 92 times in 89 verses in the NKJV.
I believe that anger is first a spiritual problem that manifests itself in a person’s soul and then into the body. I also believe that any kind of “anger management” has to address the angry person’s personal relationship to God; only through Jesus Christ and no other way without exception.
“Let all bitterness, wrath, anger, clamor, and evil speaking be put away from you, with all malice.” Ephesians 4:31
“But now you yourselves are to put off all these: anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy language out of your mouth.” Colossians 3:8
“A soft answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.” Proverbs 15:1
“A wrathful man stirs up strife, but [he who is] slow to anger allays contention.” Proverbs 15:18
“[He
who is] slow to anger [is] better than the mighty, and he who rules his spirit than he who takes a city.” Proverbs 16:32
“The discretion of a man makes him slow to anger, and his glory [is] to overlook a transgression.” Proverbs 19:11
“The wrath of a king [is] like the roaring of a lion; [Whoever] provokes him to anger sins [against] his own life.” Proverbs 20:2
“A gift in secret pacifies anger, and a bribe behind the back, strong wrath.” Proverbs 21:14
“He who sows iniquity will reap sorrow, and the rod of his anger will fail.” Proverbs 22:8
“Wrath [is] cruel and anger a torrent, but who [is] able to stand before jealousy?” Proverbs 27:4
Jesus said, “But I say to you that whoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment. And whoever says to his brother, ‘Raca!’ shall be in danger of the council. But whoever says, ‘You fool!’ shall be in danger of hell fire. Matthew 5:22
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